Wed June 15, 2016
Construction Begins on New La Guardia Terminal
The New York Post is reporting that Vice president Joe Biden returned to La Guardia Airport — which he once said reminded him of a “third-world country” — on Tuesday to help break ground on the new main terminal....
Wed June 15, 2016
Construction Begins on $3B Lake Charles Plant Project
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Construction has started on a $3 billion chemical manufacturing project in Lake Charles. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says LACC LLC, a joint venture of Lotte Chemical and Axiall Corp., will build a $1.9 billion ethane cracker complex near Axiall's existing manufacturing plants in Calcasieu Parish....
Wed June 15, 2016
Navigating Changing Times Proves Easier With Doosan
Navigating through 20 years of non-stop growth has not been as easy for Chris and Honey Loehmer as you might expect — based on their success. Loehmer Ag Products, based in Monterey, Ind., has survived the ups and downs of the economy for two decades, but at the end of each year, the results have always been better than the previous year....
Wed June 15, 2016
ATS Brings Its Classrooms, Offices to New $2M Facility
Associated Training Services (ATS) is bringing all of its classrooms, offices and heavy equipment training resources under one roof with a new $2 million training facility. The new facility features six classrooms in 16,000 sq....
Wed June 15, 2016
Report: Nuclear Weapons Plant Mercury Cleanup Could Cost $3B
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Energy report says the cleanup of mercury contamination at a Tennessee nuclear weapons plant could cost between $1 billion and $3 billion. The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1rnWDV3 ) reports that the report outlines technology plans for mercury cleanup at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, which used mercury during the Cold War to develop hydrogen bombs....
Wed June 15, 2016
VIDEO: Hotel Riviera Imploded
LAS VEGAS (AP) The last tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino came tumbling down along the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 16 to make way for a convention center expansion. The 2:30 a.m. demolition of the Monte Carlo wing came two months after the taller Monaco tower was leveled the same way....
John O’Connor - AP POLITICAL W - Wed June 15, 2016
$11.2B Road Plan Focuses on Maintenance, Repair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration announced it would increase spending on road and bridge repairs by nearly $3 billion during the next six years, but the state's transportation secretary said the state still won't get ahead of deteriorating roads....
Mike Kilen - DES MOINES REGISTER - Wed June 15, 2016
Native History, Bakken Pipeline Clash in Iowa Blood Run Area
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) The planned route of the Bakken oil pipeline in northwest Iowa would lie near an area in Lyon County that archaeologists say was essentially the state capital for native populations from 1500 to 1700....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed June 15, 2016
Firm Reconstructs Portion of U.S. 41 in Hancock, Mich.
The Hebert Construction Co. is reconstructing a portion of U.S. 41 (Reservation and Quincy streets) in the city of Hancock (Houghton County) in northern Michigan for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT)....
Bob Salsberg - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue June 14, 2016
Less Snow, Milder Temperatures Ease Winter Budgets
BOSTON (AP) In pure dollars and cents, the past winter in southern New England packed roughly half the punch as the previous winter. Milder temperatures and considerably less snow allowed states to save on plowing and salting costs....
